Strictly star Wynne Evans ‘taking action after reputation is left in tatters’

Strictly Come Dancing prima Wynne Evans is reportedly taking enactment against the BBC aft believing his estimation has been near ‘in tatters’.

The GoCompare opera singer, 53, was axed from the competition’s unrecorded circuit aft helium was caught connected camera during a photograph telephone with different members of the formed making  an ‘inappropriate comment’ where he joked astir having a threesome – oregon ‘spit roast’ – with Strictly presenter Janette Manrara.

He was aboriginal told by BBC bosses that such behaviour would not beryllium tolerated and issued an apology ‘for the symptom my inappropriate enactment caused’.

Evans besides said helium would beryllium taking a interruption from the nationalist oculus for ‘self-reflection’ and to ‘prioritise my wellbeing’.

He has since remained retired of the spotlight, but it is present claimed helium won’t beryllium going down without a fight.

A root has claimed Evans wants to contention the dismissal, saying: ‘Wynne’s estimation has been near successful tatters and helium wants to effort to question immoderate recompense.

‘He said helium is going to a tribunal with the BBC and volition combat with each enactment successful his body.’

They added to The Sun: ‘Wynne feels helium has been treated unfairly and won’t spell down without a fight.

‘As good arsenic an unfair dismissal, Wynne thinks helium has a lawsuit for nonaccomplishment of earnings, arsenic good arsenic a imaginable breach of contract.’

They went connected to accidental that Evans is being advised by a ineligible squad and reckons he’ll person a beardown lawsuit to instrumentality forward.

Insiders besides claimed to the work that Evans’ ‘spit roast’ remark was not aimed astatine Manrara, arsenic had been reported, and that helium feels that was known by others contiguous astatine the photograph call.

A root said: ‘He is heartbroken by however this each played retired and is upset that nary 1 has spoken retired to support him publicly.

‘He knows the connection was unacceptable but, ultimately, the meaning down what helium said is not retired there.

‘It was an “in” joke. It didn’t offend anyone and nary 1 complained. Wynne feels severely fto down by the full process and immoderate of his co-stars who helium was incredibly adjacent to.’

One root added that Evans feels similar his sacking was ‘a knee-jerk reaction’ to nationalist commentary astir the comment, and that helium thinks he’s been ‘thrown nether the bus’.

It had antecedently been reported that Evans’ co-stars were ‘rallying astir him’ and Manrara had ‘nothing but affection’ for him.

She has yet to publically remark connected the situation.

After the incident, Evans released a connection aft helium was fixed a informing implicit his disgusting ‘joke’ by circuit producers, saying: ‘My connection was inappropriate and unacceptable for which I sincerely apologise.’

He had been connected circuit with the likes of Tasha Ghouri, Dianne Buswell, Vito Coppola and Nikita Kuzmin erstwhile the obscene remark referencing threesomes was made.

In the video, it appeared helium was talking to EastEnders actor Jamie Borthwick, who seemingly ‘winced’ astatine the comment, portion Manrara stood betwixt them, though it was unclear if she heard.

Following the allegations, Evans wrote connected Instagram: ‘I’ve agreed with the BBC that I’ll instrumentality immoderate clip retired from my vigor amusement and the Strictly Live circuit arsenic good arsenic my different nationalist commitments to prioritise my wellbeing.

‘I americium profoundly atrocious for the symptom my inappropriate enactment person caused, and program to instrumentality this clip for self-reflection.

‘Apologies to those I won’t get to spot astatine the remaining performances and I’m grateful to my chap circuit pack for each the astonishing enactment they person fixed me.’

This came aft Evans sparked contention with his erstwhile pro creation spouse Katya Jones during their clip connected the unrecorded shows, erstwhile they were forced to address a ‘silly joke’ he made.

In beforehand of astir six cardinal unrecorded viewers, helium had placed his manus connected her waist and kept reaching it further astir her midriff until she removed it with a grin connected her face.

After sparking fury implicit the incident, Evans and Jones repeatedly denied that helium engaged successful immoderate benignant of ‘inappropriate’ behaviour or upset her astatine all.

In different moment, Jones appeared to not privation to high-five her personage partner, which they called ‘a moving joke’.

Metro has approached Evans’ rep for comment.

Strictly Come Dancing is disposable to ticker connected BBC iPlayer and returns aboriginal this year.

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